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Showing posts with label Gilmer County. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gilmer County. Show all posts

Friday, May 2, 2008

Gilmer County breaks smog standard

Gilmer County in north Georgia county recorded the state's worst smog yesterday – the first day of smog season. Gilmer County, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, broke federal ozone standards. A spokesperson says it's because Atlanta's air pollution blows north. Other Georgia counties have been caught with high levels of ground-level ozone this year. On April 17th, Augusta, Macon, Athens and the town of Dawsonville violated the limit.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Update: Escaped inmates caught

Three jail inmates who escaped from a north Georgia prison last night have been caught. A Tennessee television station reports the three were caught today in Gilmer County. Joshua Sproles, Ryan Patrick and Richard James Hill escaped from the Fannin County jail. Authorities have not said how the three got out.

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